/*
 * Copyright 2013 Pavel Stastny <pavel.stastny at gmail.com>.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */
package org.aplikator.server.processes.impl.processes.ipc;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Interprocess communication channel
 * @author Pavel Stastny <pavel.stastny at gmail.com>
 */
public interface IPCChannel {
    
    /**
     * Send message
     * @param message IPC Message
     * @throws IOException Something wrong
     */
    public void sendMessage(IPCMessage message) throws IOException;
    
    /**
     * Receive next message
     * @return
     * @throws IOException 
     */
    public IPCMessage receiveMessage() throws IOException;
    
    /**
     * Receive message for concrete address
     * @param messid
     * @return
     * @throws IOException 
     */
    public IPCMessage receiveMessage(String address) throws IOException;
}
